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Tiësto

Tiësto (/tiɛsto/; born Tijs Verwest (/tɛɪs vɛɹʋɛst/) on January 17, 1969 in Breda, North Brabant, Netherlands)[1] is one of the world's most famous trance DJs in the electronic dance music scene.[2] Although he has used many aliases in the past, he is best known for his work as DJ Tiësto.[3] On his latest productions, however, he has dropped the "DJ" label and he is now known simply as "Tiësto", an alias which is an Italian twist on his childhood nickname.[4]

His accomplishments include being voted "World’s No.1 DJ " 3 consecutive times by DJ Magazine from 2002 through 2004,[5] the first DJ to play live on stage in front of a public audience at an Olympic Games at the 2004 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony in Athens, and a nomination for a Grammy Award in 2008, for his album Elements of Life.[6]

Tiësto's motto is: "I feel the energy from the crowd and I try to give it back, to create a unity."[7]

History

Early years (1985–2000)

Main articles: Black Hole Recordings and Gouryella

Tijs Verwest had an interest for music since the age of twelve. [8]When he was twenty he decided to dedicate more into it and began DJing professionally at school parties and then moved on to become a resident DJ between 1985 and 1994 at several clubs in the Netherlands after his manager and friend Wilfred encouraged him.[9][10] During these years, he produced hardcore/gabber tracks under aliases such as Da Joker and DJ Limited.[11] However, it was at The Spock, a small club in Breda, where he was able to fine-tune his own style by playing in a separate room from 10 pm until 4 am on weekends.[12] In the beginning of his carrier as DJ he mostly played new beat and acid house, and many Madonna songs because her music shows that she likes to dance. Before the release of her album there where already dancemixes like Vogue which was one of the songs of Spock. [13]He was discovered by the GM of Rotterdam-based Basic Beat Recordings, Tiësto released his first of five mix CDs as a part of the label's Forbidden Paradise series. [14]

In the mid-1990s, he started to produce trance,[11] which led to his breakthough in 1995 when he started building mixed compilations, something nobody else did at that time. Tiësto describes his Magik (series) as part of his breakthrough, but since the labels only want their own songs in the deejay mixes, [15]in 1997 he and Arny Bink co-founded Black Hole Recordings to support his work releasing a series of singles under various aliases.[16] Black Hole Recordings and its sub-label Magik Muzik continue to sign Tiësto's vision of trance – producing musicians and DJs such as Cor Fijneman, Ton TB, and Mark Norman and also Joe Cheang.[17] During this period, DJ Tiësto had been releasing the Magik series, which has had seven installments starting in 1997 and ending in 2001, after this Tiësto began releasing the In Search of Sunrise series, that is a compilation of Tiësto's mixes with tracks from other DJ's. In 1999, Tiësto joined forces with fellow Dutch deejay Ferry Corsten to create the trance based duo of Gouryella.[18] To highlight the importance in the expansion of the trance environment at the time, there were 20 different CD releases of the 4 Gouryella tracks from 9 different labels. Since November 1999 he monthly performed as a resident in Gatecrasher at Leeds, one of the most popular clubs of England. [19]

Rise to fame (2000–2004)

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Tiësto in Concert 2, 2004
Arnhem, Gelredome

Late in 2000, Tiësto decided to concentrate on his personal work and left Corsten by himself to write and produce Gouryella's next single with John Ewbank, the record company was demanding more tracks and neither Tiësto or Ferry could work together at the time.[10][18] Tiësto introduced Armin van Buuren, Johan Gielen and Ferry Corsten to the mainstream with his first compilations and the In Trance We Trust (series). Summerbreeze became Tiësto's debute dj mix album in the United States with the help of a contract signed to Nettwerk.[14] Summerbreeze featured his remix of Delerium's Silence, it spent four weeks in the United Kingdom's Top Ten chart, it reached number three in the Billboard dance chart and is still an epic track.[14] In early 2001, Tiësto broke a world record by drinking "31 cans of Red Bull in 24 hours", he admitted he would never try and break it again.[20]

Tiësto Solo

Tiësto's fame started to rise in the early 2000s after his set at the first ID&T Innercity party (Live at Innercity: Amsterdam RAI),[21] and the release of In My Memory, his first solo album released in 2001 which contained 10 singles. His fame continued to skyrocket in the early 2000s following his six-hour "Tiësto Solo" sets which he performed without other DJs or opening acts. This idea, of one DJ playing alone to a large crowd, was brought to its pinnacle when Tiësto was the first DJ to hold a solo concert in a stadium; on May 10 2003, he performed for over 25,000 people in Arnhem's Gelredome.[22] This concert was later called "Tiësto in Concert", the event was an enormous success. He repeated the same type of concert the following year during two consecutive nights in late October.[23] In addition to holding these two concerts for 35,000 of his fans, he held another concert for a crowd of 20,000 in Hasselt, Belgium the following week.[23] DVDs of both his May 10 2003 and October 30 2004 concerts have been released, having the other DVD titled "Tiësto In Concert 2". The DVD's show the journey from the first idea to the main event, it features live performances by Andain, Dinand Woesthoff, and Jan Johnston. The event includes live music and dancers performing at different times throughout the set. The theme of the event is a mystical, musical journey around the world based on the theme of Magik. [24] It consists of 200+ minutes of performances with a second disc with special features, It includes a behind-the-scenes looking at The Making Of the event, the music video for his song "Traffic" and TV Commercials for the event. The second DVD has performance from Matt Hales from Aqualung and violin player DJ Mason, Micha Klein and the Bulgarian Children of Orpheus choir. During this period he was crowned as "No. 1. DJ in the World" by DJ Magazine (UK) in 2002, 2003, and 2004.[25]

Olympics Opening Ceremony

The Olympic Flame at the 2004 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony

In 2004 he released his second artist album Just Be, which featured his first single Traffic which is the first non-vocal track to reach number one spot in the Dutch national charts for 23 years.[16] Tiësto and Kirsty Hawkshaw's production and single "Just Be" appeared in the Nip / Tuck: Original TV Soundtrack.[26] Tiësto's remix of the Kane song "Rain Down on Me" is featured in the game FIFA Football 2004.[27] The Athens Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (ATHOC) asked Tiësto to perform at the Olympic Games, making him the first DJ to play live on stage at an Olympic Games at the 2004 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony in Athens for 90 minutes.[28]

"The opportunity to perform my music for billions of people around the globe will be the greatest highlight of my life, I am honoured to be part of the biggest sports event in the world."

- said Tiësto about the ATHOC.[29]

During the parade, all participating nations introduced their athletes which were over 10,500 in total.[30] During the course of his performance the Dutch athletes started dancing in front of the DJ booth and had to be moved on by officials. The performance included new tracks produced especially for the Opening Ceremony and songs that were created to compliment the spirit and theme of the Ceremony. A condensed studio-recorded album of the songs played on the Olympic set was later released, including new songs especially composed for the occasion, entitled Parade of the Athletes in October 2004.[31] In the liner notes, he noted the IOC requested to him that the music not contain any lyrics as they could be inadvertently misinterpreted.

Concerts and side work (2005-2006)

In January 6 Tiësto performed in an outdoor fundraiser in De Dam, Amsterdam, the event was free and many famous Dutch artists were involved in it to provide financial aid to the people who suffered from the tsunami in Asia. All profits made of all TV commercials and live broadcast were given to the organisations collecting the relief funds.[32] On April 16 2005, Disneyland Resort Paris who had recently ignaurated the Space Mountain: Mission 2, had invited Tiësto to celebrate the launch of the ride by offering a live concert in Disneyland Park. Tiësto performed a special remix of the Space Mountain: Mission 2 soundtrack, as well as many of his own tracks. Tiësto's Space Mountain: Mission 2 Concert also featured French deejay Bob Sinclar, the park would re-open for Tiësto's fans so they could stay for the 3 hour concert.[33] A sculpture of Tiësto was placed behind a turntable where Madame Tussauds visitors can mix Tiësto's music together with the man himself.[34] The Dutch national soccer competition is the most viewed program on Dutch television, Tiësto is the first potential artist to become an inspiration to the programs directors which created a tune based on his performance in the Olympic Games.[35] The tune was played in all soccer stadiums before each match when the teams entered the field.

On August 20 2005 Verwest took "Tiësto in Concert" to the United States when he played to thousands of fans in Los Angeles, California in the Los Angeles Sports Arena. For the second year in a row he performed live at a New Year's Eve/New Year's concert in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Orleans Arena to a sell-out crowd. Despite his four-city American tour being postponed due to the hurricane damage in New Orleans and Miami, playing such cities in the United States further expanded and cemented his popularity among more mainstream audiences. In the fall of 2005 he went on a very successful tour across Central and Eastern Europe where he played once in each country to crowds of 10,000 to 15,000 fans. Stops were made in Ukraine, Slovakia, Serbia, Macedonia, Romania, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Turkey, Croatia, and Poland. Tiësto also performed at the UNITY festival in South Africa where he played a show at the Gallagher Estate Arena in Midrand, a suburb of Johannesburg, to over 18,000 fans. However, the United States tour that was part of "Tiësto in Concert" was dwarfed by his appearance at Sensation White in 2006 where he performed to over 45,000 people in the world's biggest dance event in Amsterdam, Holland. Even this was surpassed later in the same summer where some 250,000 people danced on Ipanema Beach, Brazil, the second largest concert in the history of mankind.[36]

Tiësto in March, 2006

During 2005 he also made a small cameo appearance in the award-winning film It's All Gone Pete Tong as himself.[37] He also contributed the song Goldrush to the PlayStation Portable futuristic racing game Wipeout Pure.[38] BPM (magazine) has an annual poll in the United States which is unveiled in the WMC, in 2005 Tiësto took the No. 1 spot.[39] On March 19 2006, the Formula 1 circus took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. During the international grand prix Tiësto played with the official Renault F1 team pit party. Tiësto prepared a 5 hour set the Saturday night before the beginning of the race on Sunday.[40] On June 10, 2006 Tiësto gave a free open concert of the Volvo Ocean Race in Rotterdam which lasted 75 minutes.[41]

In April 2006 Tiësto was named the official worldwide ambassador for the Dance4Life foundation promoting awareness of HIV/AIDS. DJ Tiësto, as the foundation's ambassador has helped the organization with fundraising along with recording the track "Dance4life", which marks the beginning of "Elements of Life", his future album at this time. The foundation consists on a better way of living in exchange of entertainment to the young crowd.[42]

Elements of Life era (2007–present)

Main articles: Elements of Life World Tour and Tiësto's Club Life

On April 6 2007 Tiësto began presenting a new weekly two-hour radio show called "Tiësto's Club Life" on Dutch radio station Radio 538. XM Satellite Radio in the United States later started broadcasting the show on Channel 81 BPM as part of their "Global Domination" lineup on Saturday nights. The show is broadcast on Radio 538 on Friday nights between 22:00 CET and midnight and on BPM on Saturday nights between 8:00 PM EST and 10:00 PM EST. The first hour is also available as a podcast on the Radio 538 website and on iTunes audio podcasts.[43]

On April 16th, 2007, Tiësto released his fourth studio album Elements of Life, the album moved 72,000 units in its April release, according to Nielsen SoundScan.[39] In support of the album, he embarked on his Elements of Life World Tour. In December 2007 it was announced that the album was nominated for a Grammy Award, in the category "Best Electronic/Dance Album." [44] In 2007, on his Elements of Life World Tour, which has shows across the world, South and Latin America brought some of the biggest crowds on his January and February South American leg of the tour. On January 7th, he played to an amazing 200,000 people in the streets of Ipanema Beach in Rio de Janeiro.On February 16 2007 he played in India at the Gachibowli Stadium, Hyderabad. Though this show had a low turn out of only 5000, it was his first show in Asia.[45] Tiësto's performance at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, Denmark on November 10, 2007 was also sold out.[46] On Valentine's day 2008, he performed in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. On January 10th 2008, Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf announced that Tiësto and his 19-year-old girlfriend Stacey Blokzijl are going to get married on October 10 2008. He proposed to her in December 2007 while they were visiting Mauritius.[47] Until early 2006 Verwest had a relationship with the beauty contest winner Monique Spronk. The Elements of Life World Tour DVD was released in a party which was held on February 29th 2008 from 8PM - 3AM in London at the IndigO2 club.[48]

Side work

Tiësto in 2007

With the successful release of Elements of Life Tiësto and fashion designer Giorgio Armani collaborated together on a limited edition Tiësto T-shirt available at Armani Exchange stores. His single "Sweet Things" comes with the shirt including an exclusive "A|X Remix" by Tom Cloud which shows the great influence Tiësto has in fashion culture.[49] The charity raised over $300,000. [50] Tiësto opened a new club-restaurant acquisition with Chinese cuisine, dance music and live entertainment on June 7, 2007 called Cineac. Tiësto inaugurated with his new Cineac Anthem called "Happy People". Guests are welcome to see various modern styles of music mixed by some known top DJs.[51]

Streamline Studios, an independent game developer and digital content provider for AAA videogames and Black Hole Recordings have formed Streamline Sound, a joint venture which will provide sound solutions for digital entertainment including the entire catalog of Black Hole's artists.[52] The first work that Streamline Sound has contributed is on the massively multiplayer online role-playing PC game Sword of the New World: Granado Espada with 17 12" tracks,[53] Forza Motorsport 2 which includes Tom Clouds' track Told You So and Hoopworld.[54]

Tiësto and Reebok introduced the new 'Tiësto shoe' in November 2007. The shoebox comes with a special limited-edition Tiësto & Reebok CD, containing the Elements of Life album and the bonus disc. Only 1000 pair units were available for sale in Netherlands. Previously Tiësto & Reebok had released "Run the DJ Tiësto", which consisted of another shoe release with Tiësto as one of the designers.[55] He now owns a line of Reebok RBK shoes and was recently tapped by Microsoft to launch its new Vista operating system for the Dutch market, placing him on par with Robbie Williams, who performed a similar duty in the United Kingdom. The partnership includes a Vista application built especially for Tiësto, which had more than a thousand downloads from his website a day during its first week of availability. It has a Tiësto toolbar for sorting, a plug-in application which allows fans to be informed with the DJ in real-time and get live alerts on gigs, appearances and new music. Tiësto introduced the application at the Jan. 29 Vista launch event in Amsterdam.[39] His last three full-length releases broke the 70,000-unit mark, and 2003 2CD compilation "Nyana" recently hit 87,000, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

In Spring 2008, Tiësto plans to release Elements of Life: Remixed, a recompilation of the Elements of Life album with all songs except "He's A Pirate" being replaced by remixed versions, and "He's A Pirate being replaced by "No More Heroes", a joint production with mute performer trio Blue Man Group.[56]

"It's the place to be when it comes to the most crazy and energetic parties", he says. "At the same time Ibiza has a lot of beautiful and still secret spots to be discovered, so my love and dedication for the island, its atmosphere and the party people will most definitely be felt by everyone who's going to enjoy my residencies at Privilege. Knowing that I will play the latest and best new tunes available, all shows backed by the highly professional production of the club and the fact that I will be able to deliver this to the people in the biggest club in the world, well, you can't afford to not come to Privilege on Monday nights this summer!."

- said Tiësto.[57]

In Search of Sunrise

In 2008, Tiësto announced his In Search of Sunrise: North American Summer Tour 2008, the tour will be presented by Armani Exchange on May 23rd and ending on July 4 at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival on Friday 13, June and ETD Pop Festival in San Fransisco. This tour is in support of his upcoming In Search of Sunrise (series) compilation, which is part of a sponsorship partnership, with exclusive apparel and a limited edition 3 CD set.[58] An exclusive best of CD from the DJ’s own imprint Black Hole Recordings, called "10 Years of Black Hole Recordings" will be released later in the year. Armani will also sell an exclusive Tiësto branded tour T-shirt, and the artist will perform at three A|X in-stores during the tour. [59] The tour is based on his previoulsy released In Search of Sunrise 6: Ibiza and his upcoming In Search of Sunrise 7: Asia compilation.

Tiësto anounced he will be the resident at Priviledge, Ibiza every Monday, starting on the 7th of July until the 22nd of September. The gigs consist of four hour sets in the style of his In Search of Sunrise (series). In 2007 he had released In Search of Sunrise 6: Ibiza which was inspired by the island. [60] The residencies will also feature the performance of guest deejays, all selected by Tiësto, such as Chris Lake, Andy Duguid, Mat-Zo, Cosmic Gate, Alex Kunnari and Sander van Doorn. There will be exclusive appearances by Fonzerelli, and Airbase. In the backroom of Privilege, Riley & Durant will present Electric Playground, supported by Galaxy FM.

Discography

Main article: Tiësto discography

Studio albums

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of Tiësto awards

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